An Unexpected Overlap between Civil Religion and Consumption: The Unseen Role of Conscious Commodity Design
This paper argues that the societally homogenising function attributed to civil religion possibly has, at least in parts, been assumed by conscious commodity design. Inasmuch as conscious commodity design helps to promote consumption, it is argued, it is potentially conducive to the achievement of a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2017, Volume: 10, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 218-239 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Civil religion
/ Merchandise
/ Design
/ Consumer behavior
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Aesthetics
aesthetic experience
civil religion
conscious commodity design
consumption
government
reality-making
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